Liveried Company of Computational Software Writers in Kingsweep

The Liveried Company of Computational Software Writers in Kingsweep is a computer software development company based in Kingsweep that was established in 1720 AN but operated under a provisional licence from the governor of the bailiwick for four years until the granting of a livery and charter by the Guild of Artificers. The application of founders for recognition had previously been subject to objections from the Guild of Academicians, which sought to establish a monopoly over technological development, and the Guild of the Lotus, which cited the company's intention to focus on developing interactive games for the Benacian Data Network (BDN) as placing it within its established monopoly over the entertainment and hospitality sector of the economy of the Benacian Union.

The company was brought to the Chamber of Guilds and Corporations for the determination of its status, ultimately resulting in its allocation to the Guild of Artificers on the grounds that the fabrication of a mainframe nexus to host games on the BDN would make it subject to their remit – although in reality the decision was to forestall hostilities between the Academicians and the Guild of the Lotus from strangling a Benacian "digital economy" before it had even been born.

The Liveried Company of Computational Software Writers in Kingsweep is backed by the Society for Benevolent Investment, a status it earned following a bidding war between the investors of the society and the agents of the Honourable Company who sought to acquire the start-up as an asset for its Benacian Directorate of Operations.

Products

Computer games

• Ziggurat Siege!, 1724 AN